CMS Energy Corporation · CMS · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 10, 2026
$69.83 +0.40% on the day, +$0.28
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UnlockDividend Safety Rating: paid plans onlyDividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Is CMS’s dividend Very Safe or High Risk? 13 checks scored. Payout ratio, raise streak, recession record and 10 more. Show the rating
Yearly payout / yield
$2.28·3.27%
$0.57 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.57/qtr
pays ~Feb 8, 2027 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Feb 5, 2027est.
own by Feb 4, 2027 ⓘ
Years without a cut
19 yrs
18 yrs of raises ⓘ
Recession record
2000stopped2008raised2020raised2022raised
stopped in 2003
Yield vs history ⓘ
75
Above its usual yield
CMS share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
CMS Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +5.0%3Y +5.3%5Y +5.6%10Y +6.3%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). Light bar = declared, not yet paid. The enlarge button shows all 135 payments since 1973.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. 2026: the solid bar is paid so far; the dashed box on top is expected (1 declared and not yet paid), not a promise.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: +5.64% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. From 2029 it slows by a quarter each year, to no less than 5%. Today's $2.28 a year would be $2.95 by 2031 - 4.22% on today's $69.83 price.

How Many CMS Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $2.28 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 2,632 CMS shares, about $183,793 at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $69.83. $1,000 a month takes about 5,264 shares, about $367,585. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

CMS Energy (CMS) pays $0.57 a share quarterly, $2.28 a year, a 3.27% run-rate yield at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $69.83. It has paid since 1973 and raised its annual dividend 18 years in a row.

At today’s rate of $0.57 quarterly and the last close of $69.83, this is what CMS pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.57$0.19$2.28
100 shares$57.00$19.00$228.00
$10,000 invested (143.2 shares)$81.63$27.21$326.51
2,632 shares ($500/mo)$1,500.24$500.08$6,000.96
5,264 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.48$1,000.16$12,001.92

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 CMS shares reinvest into 0.82 new shares each payment, about 3.3 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 123 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with CMS’s own history in the CMS DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (cash flow): does cash from the business cover the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
  • Crash record: what the dividend did in the 2008 crash history

CMS Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

75/100Above its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • CMS yields 3.27% today, at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $69.83.
  • Its own 10-year median is 2.93%, so today’s yield is above its usual level.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
2.59% low3.67% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is CMS’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After December 2026

CMS has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Feb 5, 2027, with the cash around Feb 8, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.57 a share, went ex on Nov 6, 2026 and pays Dec 1, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 91 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 3 days after the ex-date
  • Next earnings report: Feb 4, 2027

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does CMS Pay?

CMS pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Feb, May, Aug and Dec, with ex-dates in Feb, May, Aug and Nov. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.71 a share, in 3 payments.
-36.3% against the 12 months before ($2.69 in 5 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Feb, May, Aug and Dec. Ex-dates fall in Feb, May, Aug and Nov (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 18 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Feb 17, 2026 - $0.543 to $0.57 (+$0.027, +4.97%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.0275 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: 81.6% - $2.28 paid / $2.79 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 62.6% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
  • FCF payout: 221.5% - $2.23 paid / $1.01 free cash flow per share (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 92.3% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)

CMS vs Similar Dividend Stocks (CMSA, NI...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Utilities companies closest to CMS in market value, CMS’s 3.27% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 3.87%, and its raise streak of 18 years is the 5th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
CMS $69.83CMS Energy $0.57/qtr$2.28/yr fwd 3.27% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Stopped in 20032000 stopped2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 19 yrsraised 18 yrs in a row
CMSA $19.48CMS Energy Corporation 5.6% JRSUB NT 78 $0.352/qtr$1.41/yr fwd 7.23% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 7+ yrsraised 1 yr in a row
NI $45.06NiSource $0.30/qtr$1.20/yr fwd 2.66% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20032000 cut2008 held2020 raised2022 raised 22 yrsraised 14 yrs in a row
EIX $60.14Edison International $0.878/qtr$3.51/yr fwd 5.84% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Stopped in 20012000 stopped2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 22 yrsraised 21 yrs in a row
EVRG $87.99Evergy $0.695/qtr$2.78/yr fwd 3.16% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20002000 cut2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 22 yrsraised 22 yrs in a row
NRG $97.49NRG Energy $0.475/qtr$1.90/yr fwd 1.95% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 9 yrsraised 6 yrs in a row
LNT $73.45Alliant Energy $0.535/qtr$2.14/yr fwd 2.91% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20032000 cut2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 22 yrsraised 22 yrs in a row
CNLPM $31.50Connecticut Light and Power $0.515/qtr$2.06/yr fwd 6.54% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 8+ yrsno raise streak
BIP $39.66Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. $0.455/qtr$1.82/yr fwd 4.59% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 5+ yrsraised 5 yrs in a row
SBS $4.95Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP $0.159/yr 3.21% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 4 yrsno raise streak
ES $69.49Eversource Energy $0.788/qtr$3.15/yr fwd 4.54% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 25+ yrsraised 25 yrs in a row

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: CMS vs CMSA, CMS vs NI, CMS vs EIX.

CMS Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1973

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Nov 6, 2026Dec 1, 2026$0.57QuarterlyDeclared
Aug 7, 2026Aug 10, 2026$0.57QuarterlyRegular
May 8, 2026May 11, 2026$0.57QuarterlyRegular
Feb 17, 2026Feb 19, 2026$0.57QuarterlyRegular
Nov 7, 2025Nov 10, 2025$0.543QuarterlyRegular
Aug 8, 2025Aug 11, 2025$0.543QuarterlyRegular
May 9, 2025May 12, 2025$0.543QuarterlyRegular
Feb 14, 2025Feb 17, 2025$0.5425QuarterlyRegular
Nov 13, 2024Nov 15, 2024$0.515QuarterlyRegular
Aug 2, 2024Aug 5, 2024$0.515QuarterlyRegular
The other 125 CMS payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for CMS

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CMS Dividend Questions

How often does CMS pay dividends?

CMS pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Feb, May, Aug and Dec, with ex-dates in Feb, May, Aug and Nov. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Does CMS pay dividends monthly?

No. CMS pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next CMS dividend?

CMS has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Feb 5, 2027, with the cash around Feb 8, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.57 a share, went ex on Nov 6, 2026 and pays Dec 1, 2026. The current rate is $0.57 per share, $2.28 a year.

Does CMS pay a dividend in February 2027?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Feb 5, 2027, with the cash around Feb 8, 2027, so a payment in February 2027 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does CMS pay per share?

CMS pays $0.57 a share quarterly, $2.28 a year. At the Nov 10, 2026 close of $69.83 that is a 3.27% run-rate yield, above its usual level: its own 10-year median is 2.93%.

Has CMS raised its dividend?

Yes. CMS has raised its annual dividend 18 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on Feb 17, 2026, took the rate from $0.543 to $0.57 (+4.97%). Over five years the dividend grew 5.6% a year.

Is CMS’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. CMS paid out 82% of its earnings and 221% of its free cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026. It has raised its dividend 18 years in a row and gone 19 years without a cut. Through the market crashes: it raised the dividend through the 2008, 2020 and 2022 crashes; it stopped paying in the 2000 (in 2003) crash. This is data, not investment advice. The full 13-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my CMS dividends?

Add CMS to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run CMS in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 10, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 13 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.